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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Narrative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, what do strong characters encourage readers to imagine?
(a) A proper literary form.
(b) How to be better writers.
(c) Other people's lives.
(d) The conclusion of the story.

2. What theory believes that language limits the ability to think?
(a) Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
(b) Sisley-Spear formula.
(c) Johnson-Kater results.
(d) Morton-Gran conjecture.

3. According to Chapter 2, "What is Literature and Does it Matter?" what makes up the bulk of written work prior to modern literature?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Letters and sermons.
(c) Sermons.
(d) Letters.

4. When a novel contains situations that should be intolerable, what are readers prompted to defy?
(a) Authority.
(b) Social injustice.
(c) Personal convictions.
(d) Reading.

5. On a grand scale, scholars believe literature to have the capability to speak for __________.
(a) Society.
(b) Students.
(c) Lawmakers.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, what type of narration typically occurs when the point of view is limited?

2. What should appear at the end of a novel according to "Chapter 6, Narrative"?

3. Words are formed due to the conventions of __________.

4. According to Chapter 6, what do readers seem to enjoy in narratives?

5. Who is the narrator in "What Maisie Knew"?

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